Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

That’s the lobbying position of some companies in the intellectual property field when implementing the new Marrakesh Copyright Treaty. Libraries for people who are blind or dyslexic are the primary source of accessible books in audio, large print or braille. That would pretty much defeat the purpose of having a library.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 14, 2009

Last Friday I spent almost two and a half hours in a wide-ranging conversation with Maria Pallante of the Copyright Office (and two other folks whose full names I didn't write down). copyright exemption for serving the print disabled is commonly called the Chafee Amendment: Section 121 of copyright law. copyright law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 15, 2012

Benetech’s Bookshare library is living proof that real, transformative change happens through partnerships and by helping people unleash their talents and energies. We blew up the old approaches to converting inaccessible books into accessible equivalents. copyright law.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2015

And what are some of the social benefits and impact that may result from such a relationship? Twelve years ago, the Fund made its first grant to Benetech, in support of the then newly launched Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with disabilities that get in the way of reading print, including visual impairments and dyslexia.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 2, 2012

Bookshare, Benetech’s pioneering digital library for people with print disabilities, celebrated its 10th birthday last night with a terrific party that was attended by many of our long-time friends and supporters. copyright law. As a result, we quickly became the largest online library for people with print disabilities.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 27, 2013

To explain our approach, let’s look at Bookshare , our accessible online library for people with print disabilities. Converting and delivering these accessible books was expensive and time consuming. With the old approaches, only a tiny fraction of print materials were made available in accessible formats. copyright law.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

are well versed in new ideas for audience engagement and committed to opening up their institutions to increase public access. Some collections stewards, steeped as they are in professional artifact-protection standards, are reluctant to shift toward the more open version of institutional access that engagement advocates promote.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 15, 2017

The Sweepstakes is open to individuals, submitting on behalf of nonprofit organizations and libraries all over the world, who are attending the 2017 Nonprofit Technology Conference ("17 NTC") in Washington, DC. The TechSoup 17 NTC Social Media Sweepstakes Terms and Conditions (Short). NO PURCHASE IS NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 29, 2011

We're really proud of the rapid growth of our Bookshare online library for people with print disabilities. We're up to more than 125,000 users, with over 95,000 books available, and our users are now accessing content at a rate of more than million downloads per year! What is the school signup process for Bookshare?

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JANUARY 5, 2016

The other axis represents systems change: does the world work better and differently now as a result of these efforts? From Arkenstone to Bookshare The field of access to books by blind people is where Benetech has twice been the key engine of positive equilibrium change at scale, and we are already working on the third change.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 27, 2008

Evaluation explains the effects [on the recipients or the environment] that are expected as a result of transferring or exchanging knowledge.". changes in awareness or attitude) or tangible results (e.g. Accessibility. Copyright © 2008. Evaluation. impacts on decision making). Toronto : Imagine Canada , 2007.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Are the results different? Is anything interesting or surprising in your results? Unlike library subject cataloging, which follows a strict set of guidelines, tagging is completely unstructured and freeform, allowing users to create connections between data anyway they want. the work of copyright holders.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 1, 2010

Do you know what the numbers on the copyright page mean? I always suspected that a self-published book would give itself away, and I was ready for the result to look somewhat amateurish. available for free at your library and on the web. The good news is that the final book really looks like a book. And that shocked me.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 13, 2011

Bookshare Hits 100,000 Members Boy reading at a computer with teacher in the background.Since the beginning of 2009, we’ve tripled the number of people with disabilities Bookshare is serving with our accessible library of ebooks. The amazing thing about serving 100,000 students right now is that our commitment to the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

I had a joint meeting (both Republicans and Democrats) with the key Senate Judiciary Committee staff who are the copyright experts, and learned a lot about the process. Carol’s social enterprise in Nairobi employs over 100 students working to proofread books for our Bookshare digital library. Student privacy. Enough said!

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